Man Fatally Shot In Drug Bust At Taylor Homes

Chicago police shot and killed a man at the Robert Taylor Homes after he tried to grab an officer's gun during a drug bust Monday afternoon, police said.

The man, whose name was not being released until his family was notified, died at 8:28 p.m. in Cook County Hospital, about four hours after being shot in the chest, police said.

Sgt. Robert Cargie, a police spokesman, gave this account of the incident:

At about 4:30 p.m., four uniformed officers entered a building at 4525 S. Federal St. as part of a drug investigation. Two of the officers left the building, and the two officers inside approached two men suspected of being involved in narcotics transactions.

One of the men began struggling with one of the police officers, attempting to get hold of his gun. The officer's partner fired one shot at the man when he refused to stop struggling for the gun.

The man was taken to Cook County Hospital, where he had been placed under arrest before he died, Cargie said. The other man was arrested for his involvement in the matter, he said.

The officers were not seriously injured, Cargie said. An internal police investigation into the shooting was ongoing late Monday, he said.